[ubuntu-uk] non-destructive rescue of Feisty?

[Matthew Macdonald-Wallace]

On Sun, 2007-05-20 at 20:04 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote:
> On 18/05/07, Terence Simpson <stdin at stdin.me.uk> wrote:
> > Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> > > Quoting Leon Barker <leon.barker at gmail.com>:
> > >
> > >> On 18/05/07, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <matthew at truthisfreedom.org.uk> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Hi all,
> > >>> It then just sits there.  Is there any way of doing a "chroot
> > >>> /mnt/root /bin/bash" and then running an apt-get dist-upgrade or
> > >>> update in order to resolve this? Obviously I'd need to boot from a
> > >>> live CD, but I'm sure the last time I tried to do this it failed
> > >>> miserably and I had to blat the HDD and start again.
> > >>>
> > >> You are correct. Go into a rescue session with the LiveCD on the boot
> > >> options. It will give you a shell where you can carry on your upgrade.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Can I use an Edgy disk for this? I don't remember there being a
> > > "Rescue" option on the boot menu...
> > >
> > > M.
> > >
> >
> > There is a "Rescue" mode on the alternate CD, but you don't actually
> > need it. Just use a terminal from the LiveCD session to do it.
> >
> 
> Using a terminal on the LiveCD is a little bit involved.

I managed it eventually (all those years of using Gentoo and
bootstrapping the system finally came in handy!) I was able to do a
chroot and then an apt-get dist-upgrade and it's now working fine.

Thanks for all you help,
M.